UK Parliament gets hit by hackers

"Sorry no parliamentary email access today -- we're under cyber attack from Kim Jong Un, Putin or a kid in his mom's basement or something..."

That's the word Saturday from UK parliament member Henry Smith, whose Twitter post about a hacking attack aimed at the British government was no joke.

A spokesperson for the House of Commons said officials had "discovered unauthorised attempts to access accounts of parliamentary networks users" and that remote email access had been temporarily restricted as a precaution.

"Some Members of Parliament and staff cannot access their email accounts outside of Westminster," the spokesperson said.

Parliamentary officials are working with the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate the attack and further lock down the computer network, the spokesperson said, adding that, "We have systems in place to protect member and staff accounts and are taking the necessary steps to protect our systems."

Meanwhile, House of Lords member Chris Rennard also took to Twitter to give a heads-up: "Cyber security attack on Westminster Parliamentary emails may not work remotely Text urgent messages."